On Mar 7, 2014 1:10 PM, "Wade, Daniel" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been dual booting for years and never once use dd to copy the openbsd.pbr > If I'm in windows world and want to boot into OpenBSD I run diskpart and flip the active partition. > Same in the other direction, fdisk -e and flip the active back to windows.
> I am my own boot manager. Dude, we need a Daniel mode in mg just to keep that line alive! :-) .... Ken > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Beck > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 12:15 PM > To: Theo de Raadt > Cc: Mark Kettenis; Stuart Henderson; Jean-Philippe Luiggi; OpenBSD technical list > Subject: Re: 5.5 and dual-boot > > It will affect everyone who needs windows on a laptop for work - or > filling out pdf forms for foundations, things like that. > > It is a good way to ensure snaps get tested less on real hardware. > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> actually more painful than having to boot windows is to always have > >> something handy to boot the snap from in order to dd the bootblock off > >> in case you forget to do it before rebooting, or you're fucked. > > > > The new installboot was enabled around a month ago. The issue is only > > being talked about now. > > > > Apparently... this dual-boot issue is only seen now, indicating that > > these people don't upgrade very often, or participate in the test > > cycles leading up to release. > > > > Hey, I get it. Just let's not over-estimate how many people this will > > affect. > >
